I'll venture to say that the K3 uses less power in receive mode than power wasted by my regulated power supply.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <[email protected]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Some thoughts on the K3 as an emergencycommunications station > Sounds like a thought model for a good commercial. Most of us that own > this thing, know most of this pretty well :-) > > Grant/NQ5T > > > On Aug 28, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > >> Most of our customers choose the K3 for its contesting or DX >> performance. But with all the world-wide flooding, earthquakes, and >> heat waves and power-outages we've seen this year, I'm reflecting on >> how the K3 can serve as a flexible station for emergency communications. >> >> Here's a brief list of K3 features that could help in such situations: >> >> - > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

